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Really stupid question, but there is a very serious cold wave in Canada atm (-40 Celsius) and one of my shelves is propped next to a window-there are thus 2-3 Nendoroids who are a bit cold at the touch. Not icy, just cold, like, say, something out of the freezer.

Really stupid question, but there is a very serious cold wave in Canada atm (-40 Celsius) and one of my shelves is propped next to a window-there are thus 2-3 Nendoroids who are a bit cold at the touch. Not icy, just cold, like, say, something out of the freezer.

The question is, can cold damage them ?

Cold should be fine. In fact, freezing figurines is one of the methods you're supposed to use to get rid of pvc chemical residue buildup that occurs in more humid/hot weather conditions. Just make sure you don't have huge temperature shifts (ie, don't put a heater next to them when it's really cold).

Does anyone have any suggestions of what kind of LED light strips to get for a cabinet?

I'm not really liking the circle lights that I got at Ikea. They give off the ugly yellow-ish light and don't illuminate my figures like I'd like them to. Light strips go all around them so you can see all the features easily. Plus they give off the more attractive white light.

I went to walmart and tried some, but they're in a thick tube that's too bulky for my cabinet.

Does anyone have any suggestions of what kind of LED light strips to get for a cabinet?

I'm not really liking the circle lights that I got at Ikea. They give off the ugly yellow-ish light and don't illuminate my figures like I'd like them to. Light strips go all around them so you can see all the features easily. Plus they give off the more attractive white light.

I went to walmart and tried some, but they're in a thick tube that's too bulky for my cabinet.

IKEA's Dioder light strips USED to be cool white, but since two years ago IKEA replaced all of them with yellow warm-white, making it less ideal for anime figurines.
(There are exceptions, realistically painted statues or natural colors do look quite good under the warm white)

They give you a choice of warm or cool, and the LEDs are brighter and longer in length than Dioder. The only con is that it's not compatible with Dioder connections, and the cords to the switch is much shorter.

Make sure and use "cool white" for most anime figurines.

I've taken these pictures and posted them a while back, here's the comparison between the above strip kit and IKEA Dioder (with new warm white)

Anyone know if IKEA has an alternative to the detolf around the same price, now that they've discontinued the detolf? I picked up something similar last week from them, but it doesn't have a glass casing, so the figures will end up getting dusty.

IKEA's Dioder light strips USED to be cool white, but since two years ago IKEA replaced all of them with yellow warm-white, making it less ideal for anime figurines.
(There are exceptions, realistically painted statues or natural colors do look quite good under the warm white)

They give you a choice of warm or cool, and the LEDs are brighter and longer in length than Dioder. The only con is that it's not compatible with Dioder connections, and the cords to the switch is much shorter.

Make sure and use "cool white" for most anime figurines.

I've taken these pictures and posted them a while back, here's the comparison between the above strip kit and IKEA Dioder (with new warm white)

Spoiler:

Current Dioder strip

LED Bar Lighting strip kit

Oh wow, very nice. I like how thin they are too. I think I'm going to get these. Thanks a lot!

Anyone know if IKEA has an alternative to the detolf around the same price, now that they've discontinued the detolf? I picked up something similar last week from them, but it doesn't have a glass casing, so the figures will end up getting dusty.

I didn't know they were discontinuing them. That's screwed.

I've looked everywhere for something similar in both build and price, and I haven't come up with anything. I had to settle with the Detolf beach colored cabinet, instead the "super rare, hard to find, not in stock anywhere ever" black version.

With as many figures I have coming in this year, I'm definitely going to have to grab another cabinet from them.

Yeah, I thought it was just a stock issue, so I waited to see if they'd restock the black one near me when they had 2 beach ones left. Couple months later, nothing, and the beach were out of stock in store, and would've charged about $119 for shipping (plus the cost of the item). Now, it's not even available online.

IKEA does this shit a lot, and it makes it really annoying to buy anything from them that you might need more of.

Yeah, I thought it was just a stock issue, so I waited to see if they'd restock the black one near me when they had 2 beach ones left. Couple months later, nothing, and the beach were out of stock in store, and would've charged about $119 for shipping (plus the cost of the item). Now, it's not even available online.

IKEA does this shit a lot, and it makes it really annoying to buy anything from them that you might need more of.

Well, it may seem like a far-fetched idea, but if someone started a petition or something to show there is still a moderately large interest in that product, they may bring it back. I would definitely sign it. Because I'm going to need at least another one before the year is over with all the figures I'm getting, and it seems I'm not the only one. So maybe a petition would actually be a decent idea?

Thing that really gets me about IKEA is how they don't have a ship to store option like Best Buy does. Avoid the shipping costs by waiting for it to ship with other shipments they'd get, and then go pick it up yourself. But no, they have to be "weird".

Thing that really gets me about IKEA is how they don't have a ship to store option like Best Buy does. Avoid the shipping costs by waiting for it to ship with other shipments they'd get, and then go pick it up yourself. But no, they have to be "weird".

Not to mention how they pick their locations. They only go to "big market" states. Unfortunately for many, they have to trek to IKEA every time they need something.

I bought my first figure in 2010. Now I have several shelves filled with them.
I am kinda picky whenever I go figurine hunting. The figure has to be attracting, (i.e, something worth putting up for show).